The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1887-11-03
TOWN AND COUNTRY.
LOCAL LACONIcs PICKED UP HERE ANE
THERE BY OUR EAGLE-EYED
REPORTERS.

be acceptable for awhile now.
Az long as a man in business does not /
advertise, he will have plenty shelf-worn
goods.
An undertaken may not necessarily be a |
Christian, but he is always prepared for
death.
The late rains have seriously retarded
the progress Of wheat planting in this
section.
The man who says the right thing in the
right place is the man who advertiSes jul
diciOusly.
A light fall of the beautiful" Monday
night served to remind US that Winter is
now upon US.
Nature has surpassed herself in the
loneliness of the autumn tints of the neigh
boring forests.
A corset may properly be styled waist
basket, with lots of poetry in it when the
Yearer is pretty young woman.
It is always comforting to (marriage-
able) young women to hear man spoken
of as "a person after their own heart"
The appearance of the clear blue sky
and the bright sunshine Tuesday morning
was welcomed by everybody hereabouts.
The best and the only sure way in which
a business man can prevent business be-
coming dull is to keep it we'll polished by
advertising.
Work on the new freight and passenger
depot of the Richmond & Danville rail-
road company, at this place, is to be eolI-
menced at once.
Japan clover is said to be wonderful
restorcr of worn out lands. 1t will grow
in places where the soil is too poor to pro-
duce other vegetation.
Rev. Alex Sprunt returned from the
Presbyterian Synod which met at Fayette-
willie last week and occupied his pulpit as
usual Sunday morning.
A friend of ours tells US he knows lady
whose heart is on the right side. He does
not state, however, whether it is himself OR
new fall bonnet she is in love with.
When YOU want to form a good resolu-
ton, resolve that a copy OF the GOLD
I.gAQ shall occupy its appropriate place IN
the weekly literature of your household.
The umbrella, the rubber coat and the
gum shoe have been in great demand OF
late. Merchants have done 4 good trade
In this line OF goods during the rainy spell.
The Northern bound mail train Tuesday
morning was delayed about three quarters
of an hour on account Of land slide neal
Kittrell. The damage was slight and soor
repaired.
A religious weekly says: 1.-The man who
whistles hardly ever swears." 1t is diff
fercnt with the man who hears him. The
latter hardly ever does anything else a
such times.
Those persons who are we'll housed an6
comfortable should not forget that ther'
are many homeless and suffering ones il
the world, and some perhaps in their owl
community.
The Mann Arlington gold mining com
pany has been organized, with a capital o
nearly three quarters of million dollars
to operate the mine bearing that name i
Nash county.
local newspaper Is the true index of
town, and the better it is supported tn
more potent it becomes as an exponent @
the best interests of the community i
which it is published.
An interesting letter from our youn
friend and eountyman Mr.. Geo. W. GoOch
who is now travelling in the West, is pull
lished in this issue. 1t will be read wit
pleasure we are sure.
We are glad to welcome the family
Mr.. ThOs. I. Harris back to Henderson
For several months they have been Twin
in Raleigh, Mr.. Harris being Chief Deput
Sheriff OF Wake county.
Notwithstanding the pitter patter of til
rain for the past ten days, our trade in a.
lines has been brisk, the merchants bus
and the warehouses selling considerabl
tobacco all things considered.
Carefully preserve your local papers.
after years you will find their columns
be an interesting history of the record
local events that viii be of interest al
value to you and your children.
Dave Hawkins has moved his barb
shop to the Cooper building, up stairs oy
MiSsillier's hardware store, Main stree
His customers are requested to call to Sc
him at his new place of business.
A fashion exchange is authority for Il
statement that cardinal hose have paSSt
wholly out of fashion, and ladies can no
gather their skirts 20 step into horse c.
without causing an alarm of fire.
Some one has said that literature Ii
become game in which the BOOKSHELF
are the kings the critics, the knaves Il
public, the pack and the poor author Il
mere table or thing played upon
Patronize home industries is 60,
motto. Then subscribe for your home pap
the GOLD LEAF-a home enterprise in Il
truest sense of the word. 1t is thorough
devoted to home and home interests
This community experienced somethil
like rain of terror last week. 1t beg
Monday and continued with but short
tervals day and night until Tuesday.
no time was the rain fall very heavy, no
ever.
The GOLD LEAFS advertising eolum
speak for the enterprise and liberality
our merchants. We don't believe the
is town in the State that can claim
more honest, liberal and fair-dealing set
business men.
1t is not always the girl who pretends
think SO much Of her mother that is real
the most devoted to the old lady. T
chances to one YOU will find her skiYmiS